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I have been using Lightroom CC (now Classic) for years and have always been plagued with this problem in my workflow. Surely, I have thought, someone else must have experienced the same issue, reported it and a fix will be forthcoming shortly. Alas, none of this seems true.

I want my photos named for the date and sequence that they were taken. I also don't want to keep all of the photos that I take. My rename & cull process is iterative using the Library module. First I rename all of my photos, then I cull, rename and repeat. Typically, I work in Loupe mode.

The problem is, after these rename operations, some of the thumbnails in the filmstrip are wrong! That is, they reflect different images. This is really bad in my workflow as it can cause me to remove photos that I did not intend to!

Perhaps the problem stems from the fact that, because of the sequenced rename operation, some kept images assume the names (sequence numbers) of some removed images. Regardless, this is certainly a bug. After a rename operation, thumbnails in the filmstrip should properly reflect the images that they are supposed to represent.

Eventually, things get back in sync. Unfortunately, I have no idea what operations it takes to do so. Of course, it should just happen automatically. I have tried Save Metadata and Synchronize Folder operations but they don't always work.

I wasn't able to reproduce the behavior you describe but I'd like to make a suggestion.

As a theater and live event photographer I often have to sort thousands of images for each job. I do my culling and save my renaming for the final step.

Or, save your preferred naming convention for the final step and use a made up name for the first few passes. Something like "cull-001.jpg" When all your images are sorted then give them the names you prefer.

> ... unable to reproduce ...
That is disturbing. I wish I had trouble reproducing it. I have never been able to avoid it - for years.

> ... final step ...
I have tried this but, sigh, there always seems to be a step (or two, or three, ...) that comes along after that final step. Anyway, when is it okay for the filmstrip to show the wrong images? I think never - not even after a final step.

I have found that if I really want to make sure that I am culling the image that I think I am, rejecting it from the Develop module seems to be safer. Unfortunately, this means that I lose the Compare and Survey mode features from the Library module. Ugh.